“Trapeze gives us Anaïs Nin at her best-the Nin who probes various facets of love and tries to capture the intricacies of her relationships, who can be ruthlessly critical of others, but who also exposes her own vulnerabilities.”Īnita Jarczok, author of Writing an Icon: Celebrity Culture and the Invention of Anaïs NinĪnaïs Nin made her reputation through publication of her edited diaries and the carefully constructed persona they presented. As has long been established, the most memorable character in Nin’s writing is Nin herself.” This carefully edited presentation of previously unpublished material underscores her insatiable search for impossibly perfect life partners. “Anaïs Nin’s emotional, erotic circus was not only a trapeze, but also a high-wire act. Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander and Paint It Black: A Novel The intense, intimate portrait of the woman behind the mysterious Nin legend-and all the hunger and charm and deception that comprised this high-wire act of a life-makes addictive reading indeed.” “Trapeze gives us the iconic writer leading a teetering, emotionally jet-fueled existence, torn between her attachment to her husband of decades and her passion for a much younger lover. Choose everything, choose both, choose between, and choose all.”
Trapezeoffers Nin’s solution to such a dilemma: embrace ambivalence. “Nin’s diaries still challenge and astonish today because she was utterly daring.…The unexpurgated diaries illuminate the spectacular process of self-mythology for a courageous wife, lover, and artist.…, striving to reconcile a split existence, Nin finds herself marking down dissatisfactions with each man’s shortcomings and tempting fate in thrilling ventures, although she cannot help but behold both with understanding, compassion, and love.
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